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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,091 posts)
Fri Jan 7, 2022, 09:00 PM Jan 2022

My kids went back to school in China during the height of the pandemic. This is what US schools shou

should learn.

Back to school shouldn't be this painful, so full of worry. My family's previous "back to school" was in September 2020, in Beijing, where we lived for two years.

It felt safer there than in Orlando, Florida, where we are now. In Beijing, we went through multiple months with no COVID-19 infections in the city, even before there was a vaccine available.

The differences between our two governments are too large to get into here, and many of China's policies would be impractical if not outright impossible in the US, but China isn't the only place where school essentially runs as normal. New Zealand's also on track, thanks to high vaccination rates and an ambitious elimination plan.

Now that we are back in the US, I see there are some things my kids' school here could learn from Chinese schools.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/parenting/my-kids-went-back-to-school-in-china-during-the-height-of-the-pandemic-this-is-what-us-schools-should-learn/ar-AASxSHl

Not if the conservatives on SCOTUS have their way.
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